Talk:World Kickboxing Association
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Paragraph 2, line 4 on URL page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Kickboxing_Association states: "Early stars of the WKA included Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Kevin Rosier and Graciela Casillas."
Notwithstanding Kevin Rosier's championship record in both kickboxing and mixed martial arts, he was not an "early" star of the WKA. According to the Independent S.T.A.R. (Standardized Tournaments And Ratings) System Computerized World Ratings for Professional Kickboxing as published in the June 1981 issues of "KICK Illustrated" (later "Inside Karate") and "Inside Kung-Fu" magazines, the early WKA stars included Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Tony Morelli, Howard Jackson, Steve Shepherd, Alvin Prouder and Graciela "The Goddess" Casillas.
Later, according to the STAR ratings published in the November 1985 issue of "Official Karate" magazine, the second generation stars of the WKA included Maurice Smith, Rob "The Adonis" Kaman, Fred "The Gladiator" Royers, Peter "Sugarfoot" Cunningham, Victor Solier and Hiroshi Takahashi.
The STAR System world kickboxing ratings were administered by former "Inside Kung-Fu" magazine editor Paul Maslak throughout the decade of the 1980s. They were recognized as the official ratings for both the WKA and KICK, two of the three major sanctioning bodies of that era, and were syndicated in martial arts magazines throughout the world. All official sanctioned results were forwarded to the STAR System by promoters of those organizations either in the form of original scorecards or through direct telephone confirmation by the event promoter and/or the sanctioning body representative. Paul Maslak (talk) 04:38, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Still exist?
[edit]What appened to the official site? Now it redirects to gcoworld.com, that doesn't mention "WKA" or "World Kickboxing Association". --Horcrux92 (talk) 17:30, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
45yearswka.com
[edit]45yearswka.com seems to have been a major/main source for this article. As it disappeared, I am questioning if this article meets the criteria to stay on Wikipedia. Is there still verifiable evidence to support the claims of the article without using the dead links? Pokeswap (talk) Pokeswap (talk) 02:59, 16 March 2023 (UTC)